Where does “sukeltajasorsa” come from?

sukeltajasorsa (Finnish) comes from Finnish sukeltaja, from Finnish sukeltaa, from Proto-Finnic cuk'eldak — to dive.

sukeltajasorsa (Finnish): diving duck

Definitions

  1. diving duck

Ancestry of “sukeltajasorsa”, step by step

sukeltajasorsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sukeltaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsukeltajadiver
2Finnishsukeltaato dive
3Proto-Finniccuk'eldakto dive

via Finnish Sorsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSorsaduck bird of the
2Proto-Finnicsorsaduck, mallard
Every word from Proto-Finnic cuk'eldak →Every word from Finnish sukeltaa →Every word from Finnish sukeltaja →